Main area All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre
Grade Band: 6
Contract: 24 months (fixed term)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (AWTTC supports a hybrid working model of home and office days.)
Job ref: 001-PST014-0425
Employer: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Employer type: NHS
Site: Llandough Hospital
Town: Llandough
Salary: £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/05/2025 23:59
WHO WE ARE:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 16,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”. We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board’s Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity exists for two enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised individuals to join the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre (AWTTC), delivering work associated with the national Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing, Access and Growth (VPAG) programme, supporting innovative approaches to medicine assessment, patient access and uptake of new medicines.
AWTTC supports health technology assessment and medicines appraisal, medicines optimisation, prescribing analysis, medicines safety, education, and toxicology services. The VPAG programme will align with clinical initiatives across NHS Wales, supporting existing structures and emerging priorities. The role involves working at a national level as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will provide technical, scientific, data and analytical support to the commercial medicines access team (CMAT) and the horizon scanning and medicines assessment workstreams. The role will involve writing and editing reports, maintenance of the AWTTC database and the commercial in confidence workspace and maintaining and developing the AWTTC website. You will also be involved in ensuring records and processes are kept up to date.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a team. We welcome applicants with a science, pharmacy or healthcare background.
Main duties of the job
This is a fixed term or secondment post for 24 months to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Person specification
Qualification
* Minimum post graduate diploma qualification or equivalent level of knowledge
Skills
* Report writing/editorial skills
* Critical appraisal skills
* Evidence of published work/use of reference management software
Special knowledge
* Evidence based medicine/research skills
* Guideline development and medicine assessment methodology
* Awareness of Health NHS strategies.
Experience
* Literature searching and evaluation
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route.
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Name: Dr Clare Elliott
Job title: AWTTC Senior Health Technology Analyst
Email address: Clare.elliott@wales.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 029 218 26900
Additional information: Stephanie Francis, Programme Manager, Principal Scientist (Stephanie.Francis@wales.nhs.uk) or Tanya Bateman, Medicines Access and Efficiency Project Manager (Tanya.Bateman@wales.nhs.uk)
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